what is the story behind the north star leading you home if you are lost?

Answer 1

The northstar is always in the north. It is the last star in the handle of the little dipper. By finding the star, you will be able to tell which way you are facing, and which way you need to go to get home. The only catch is, you have to know which direction home is in relation to where you are.

Answer 2

The North Star (polestar) is a conspicuous star in the northern hemisphere, located closest to the point toward which the axis of the earth is directed, thus roughly marking the location of the north celestial pole. A polestar has been used by navigators throughout recorded history for charting navigation routes and is still used for determining true azimuth and astronomic latitude. The positions of the celestial poles change as the earth's axis moves with the earth's processional motion, and as the north celestial pole assumes different positions relative to the constellations, different stars become the North Star. During the past 5000 years the line of direction of the North Pole has moved from the star Thuban, or Alpha Draconis, in the constellation Draco, to within one degree of the bright star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor, which is now the North Star.

Answer 3

The North Star is a title of the star best suited for navigation northwards. A candidate for navigation northward must be viewable from Earth and circumpolar to the north celestial pole. The current one is Polaris. It is the star at the end of the "handle" of the Little Dipper asterism in the constellation Ursa Minor.

Answer 4

there r many things with the north star . one it is the star that led the three wisemen to bethlahem. also it is one of if not the brightest stars in our sky. also the north star is constant it doesnt move it wiill always point you north. thats where the frase stay the course comes from in the movie the patriot. sailors travels ect would use the strast to navigate. and find their way home. it always points one way.

Answer 5

It is not a story. You locate the north star as a means to know where north is, then you know where east, west and south are. You can then roughly navigate towards civilization.

Answer 6

in the northern hemisphere it works, look in fox fire books or military survival manuals
in the southern hemisphere it is the southern cross.
Has a lot to do with celestrial navigation.

Answer 7

a fact, more likely, as it is pretty fix on the sky.